heart, something was not right. a mother vanished. i cried myself to sleep, it was awful, realizing that your worst nightmare has come true. a family, anguished. she is gone. do you have any idea how hard that was? now, the questions begin in a southern gothic mystery. the case is puzzling. we did not really know what had happened. who could ever imagine you could have a murder in your family? soon, there would be secrets. we were dealing with a person leading a double life. and one of them would prove deadly. anyone say i know that you did this? it hurts too much for me to say that out loud. hello, and welcome to dateline. it is a case that centers on a mother who had gone missing, and the small town secret that led to a very big surprise. here is keith morrison. suppose for a minute you are sitting in your car, smack dab in the middle of tuscaloosa, alabama. and the point of southwest down highway 69, and kept a sharp eye out after half an hour o
teresa around seven. and after that call, nothing. dawn told the investigators that she found teresa over and over. and each time the phone went to a recording. just to be sure of all of this, they moved teresa s cell phone records and began plotting out a timeline of her whereabouts. the picture the records painted? it was not quite what they expected. that morning call to scott, the one he could not hear? teresa did not call from moundville. the cell tower shows it s pinging from up in tuscaloosa. wait a minute how could it paying from tuscaloosa, that s miles away? right. there is no way she could have made the call and made it back to that location where she was murdered. so courtesy of the cell towers, you were able to show that teresa could not have made that call? it had to be somebody else using her phone, and what do you know, her phone was missing from the crime scene? correct. so the person who very likely killed teresa mayfield
before advil. advil targets pain at the source of inflammation. when pain comes for you, come back fast with advil liqui-gels. it was a lovers lane, a keith morrison: (voiceover) it was a lover s lane, a quiet, dusty, dead end road miles quiet, dusty, dead and road miles from main street moundville. a spot so uncommonly traversed, a car with engine running, taillights blazing in the night could go unnoticed. it was here where they found teresa mayfield s truck, body inside, gunshot wound in the
dateline. it is a case that centers on a mother who had gone missing, and the small town secret that led to a very big surprise. here is keith morrison. suppose for a minute you are sitting in your car, smack dab in the middle of tuscaloosa, alabama. and the point of southwest down highway 69, and kept a sharp eye out after half an hour or so. you roll into a suitable place called moundville. one stoplight, one main street, one general store. been around a long time, this moundville. and it is a sow truth as the sheriff says, even here, everybody used to know everybody. it is not that way anymore. so many different people moving in from around the world. trying to escape the crowds? escape the crowds or running from something. where have you gone, and the
she had enough money to take care of her family. a lot of that going around of course, moundville no exception. like so many americans, kelsey s dad, scott, had to work two jobs, neither of which paid very well, just to keep his head above water. very hardworking. then it took two jobs to take care of our family. but money troubles aside, teresa seem to have a happy life as anyone could see, including teresa mother, reba. teresa wanted a husband who cared for, someone to care for her and have a family. and it was sweet and kind of corny. even after kelsey s two little brothers arrived, she could see the signs of her parents affection for each other. every night before he got ready to go to work, he would give her a kiss on the cheek and say goodnight, say i love you. in the town, teresa was the softball mom, a model of backs and balls. she shuttle kids back and